Day 3 – Reviewing Peers

This is the third installment in the 12 day series for SQL tidbits during this holiday season. Previous articles in this mini-series on quick tidbits: SQL Sat LV announcement Burning Time Remember back in the […]

12 Days of Christmas 2013 Day 2

This is the second installment in the 12 day series for SQL tidbits during this holiday season. Previous articles in this mini-series on quick tidbits: SQL Sat LV announcement Recently I was able to observe […]

12 Days of Christmas 2013 Day 1

Last year I did a mini-series themed around the 12 Days of Christmas.  I am going to do a similar series this year.  Over the next 12 days, I will share short tidbits on an […]

Always Waiting, Waiting Waiting

What’s all the Wait about… I have been meaning to publish this post for a long long time.  I have no idea what I have been waiting on.  As a DBA, that isn’t necessarily a […]

DC SQLSat

This past weekend I had the opportunity to go visit Washington DC.  It was the first time I got to stay in the Nation’s capitol for more than just a few hours.  It is also […]

To DBA or Not to DBA (DBA Jumpstart)

This post is part of the SQL Community Project started by John Sansom called #DBAJumpStart. “If you could give a DBA just one piece of advice, what would it be?” John asked 20 successful and […]

SQL Claus and BI at S3OLV

Tis the season once again.  We have SQL gifts a plenty for any and all who wish to partake. This month, we have Stacia Misner (twitter) that will be playing SQL Clause for the Las […]

Cloud Nirvana

T-SQL Tuesday is a recurring blog party, that is started by Adam Machanic (Blog | @AdamMachanic). Each month a blog will host the party, and everyone that want’s to can write a blog about a specific subject. […]

Murder They Wrote

I am about to set sail on a new venture with my next official whistle stop.  This year has been plenty full of whistle stops and I plan on continuing.  You can read (in full) about […]

Scaring a Database Near you

Something I have a hard time by-passing is a good R2 unit.  I have R2 units in so many different forms, including a standing R2 cake one year for my birthday.  So when I cam […]